At the conclusion of 2011 stargazers in the Southern Hemisphere were given a magnificent Christmas gift – the Great Comet Lovejoy, discovered by Australian amateur astronomer from Brisbane Terry Lovejoy.

On the morning of December 23rd I was at Cape Schanck, Victoria and the comet rising above the Southern Ocean was as magnificent to see as it appears on these photos.

I also managed to photograph the comet when it was much fainter on December 30th, from Great Ocean Road as seen in this “Little Planet” image stitched from 12 fish-eye photos.

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I have just found your website and I must say I am blown away by some of the fantastic Stella photography! Your passion for astronomy is evident in every image. I have Just started to read the Blog, do you have a RSS feed link? If so please point me to it as I can’t seem to find it.